Year: 2018

For what seems to be an eternity, we in IT seem to be transfixed by the “Working from Home” is better than “Working from the Office” debate. We have argued over and over like politicians in the House of Commons over Brexit. The simple truth is, it’s a pointless argument Continue Reading

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Once upon a time there was a group of people sitting together at a canteen table eating their lunch. Not a word was spoken, until one of them looked up from their phone and noticed that the person sitting next to them was using a blue app to message someone. Continue Reading

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If you’re like me then getting your hands on video conferencing scenarios is like your nan’s birthday. It comes around once a year and you spend two months trying to figure out what to get for a present. I am not ashamed to state that video is not my strong Continue Reading

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Those of you who follow me will have seen that I sometimes post about this thing called buzzzie. If you’re wondering what this is and why I am doing it, then please read on! Back in July, my father-in-law passed away suddenly and without warning. He was 59 years old. Continue Reading

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If you are thinking of introducing Microsoft Teams into your organization and you are currently using Skype for Business, then you will undoubtedly be wondering how these two distinctly different but similar apps interact. In this post, I hope to take a simpler approach to the Microsoft article to help Continue Reading

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So without much fan fare or fuss, Microsoft’s latest version of Skype for Business Server officially entered General Availability this week. Yes 2019 is officially launched alongside Office 2019, Exchange Server 2019 and SharePoint Server 2019. It was somewhat of a damp squib event with very little song or dance Continue Reading

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There are lots of guides on the Internet of how to configure Direct Routing with Microsoft Teams. However, whilst these are extremely useful for those looking to implement this technology, you may be looking for a little bit more information on how to extend this into a highly available and Continue Reading

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Microsoft Teams cache behaviour is a lot to be desired if I am honest. One thing for sure is that if you are deploying Teams you’ll quickly find that your admin controlled policy settings take a random amount of time to come into effect on the target machines. Unlike Skype Continue Reading

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Thanks to Greig Sheridan (@greiginsydney) I now feel pressured into posting my latest home project. I am working on a mobile app that will be released very soon, the details of which I cannot share right now, but safe to say it involves sending an SMS or two as part Continue Reading

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If you have used VoIP over internet solutions in the past then this will be no surprise. However, if you are new to Microsoft Teams with little or no UC heritage, then this post may be of value to you. Even though Teams uses its own protocols over https to Continue Reading